Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1928, Page 8

D. ., MONDAY, TEBRUARY 27. 1928, THIS AND THA THE TVENING STAR., WASITINGTON, trial of the case should not be protract- | and was completed in 1873 at a cost of ed. One report states that a certain|about $13,000,000. It was designed to part of the loot had been sct aside aft-|afford a direct trunk line from Boston er the division of shares, to be reserved [to the West, but owing to railroad in- JHE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D.C. PHILOSOPHIES BY RS TO QUESTIONS ANSWE MONDAY T’ The Ev rlxnvl;;‘smr .\r\: spaper Company Rusiness Oftice and Penns 110 11h St New York Oftice Chieaco Offies: Oftice at St London, b Per copy end’of ‘each month, il or telephone. able in Advan . SH00: 1 mo., S6.00: 1 mon 33,005 1y er States and Canada aday.. 1yt $17.00. 1 AU Member of the Associated Pres: + Ass 1sivels entitled ) Wise cred . .February 27, 1928 HEODORE W. NOYES....Editor occasion for expenditures on this score. Other crimes than the two railroad have been closely organized. The fact that the members of it were known to the police suggests that their criminal activities were likewise known. The { question occurs whether this present successful police operation is due to the new dispensation by which it is sought to purge Chicago of its criminal factors. At any rate the job has been done, and one of the most daring bands of bandits {has been taken. That much is scored | at least as a gain for the law in the country’s second largest city. —_—ate “Yours in Exasperation.” Hampered by lack of funds and the | full support of Congress in its effort to | make radio broadcasting the orderly and businessltke industry it should be. the Federal Radio Commission has at {1ast come out in the open with & thor- ough and complete denunciation of the | tactics of those in the halls of Congress nows dis- | = | who find in radio a political foot ball. How to Vote? i rman of ship of Federation, has h he says v by g national g. It includes recognition of America, an ant olidat T industry, the Navy. big aid, the Philippines, the oblem, ties and last, whicl considered gravel: 1 i-trus but not ond is perfectly correct in estimate of these problems. Some m are matters of the gravest im- ted States. They require study. But the e voters will find con- to different be- political parties Mr. Ham- | that while the ion a “great Iy in any sense to bacome a pa L: of dis n issues between the d Democratic parties is tly deplored by those who re- ber old-time political battles in this ry. No great issue, it is said, di- parties today. Too many . for example, favor the pro- nd its beneficial effects n this country to make upon industr, campaign. Democrats nd frequently on anti-trust and na- problems, important as ot possible, the Democrats tend to keep the prohibition question ©ut of the national campaign. How, then, are the voters to determine telligently which party they are to a study of these problems? a definite issue is drawn the determine merely whether y are. If to turn one set of officials out to | another set in. the ad If he is satisfied with stration of the Gov- ernm them in control. > If he is not satisfled out. This does ional political cam- n 2 high plane. tor Reed of Missouri and other ent Democrats favor making the major issue the coming campaign one of “corruption” by the Republicans, an upon the so-called “invisible government.” How much success will d r efforts remains to be seen. try gen: is 100 prosper- people are too sure of thelr incom becom ed over at- tacks upon “biz busines: ‘The Repub- ns. on the other hand, will wave the fizg and promise more and perity under Republican rule, the sceming excitement over s and czndidates today the ¥t 1o be developed. The me prominently men Gov. Emith of New into two issues the voters, But both d be better out of the thra o cou o o8 e R i much is an including at- 100 cxpeeted W provide .- Trzin Robbers Quickly Taken. poiice have done a the e more the not erim Guive " e avare nd but tor thiey Intore hinnge 4 body they 1y 1 e Jist ity whedile of bisg s was ssaigned crger un e \raln s pull e energency i ¥ them 1o bl ¢ Cunfeiog wie Gependihidlys v voters | the crime | | distribution” measure, to change the en- | ns” he will continue | ¢l to quick | | s | The commission has only a litte more | than fifteen days of life, unless Con- {aress passes legislation which is now { before it to extend the life of the radio ‘?cnmrnl body. During its entire year of existence it has not had a penny from | specific appropriation sources to carry {on the important work for which it was {created. Nevertheless, aided by funds {drawn from the Commerce Department and a staff recruited from other Gov- ernment agencies, it has functioned in what has been generally regarded as! efficient fashion. Now Congress proposes, by a ‘“re- ;ure broadcasting spectrum by a rear- | rangement of power according to the various radio zones into which the country is divided. Such a rearrange- i ment is palpably unfair to the zones in | which the greater part of the popula- Ition is centered, and which pay the | largest amounts of money for the use | of radio. ‘Through Commissioner Caldwell, one of the three members whose nomina- | tions have not been confirmed, and who has served a year without pay, the com- mission today attacked in no ambiguous {language the aim of this redistribution plan, declaring that if the proposed leg- islation is enacted into law the present broadcasting structure will be wrecked. It is high time some one in authority took the situation in hand and told { Congress and the radio-minded public that here is a situation that needs technical skill of a high degree to find |a remedy. No such panacea as a legis- | lative redistribution will solve the prob- {lem, nor will any scheme which stultifies | the urban areas in favor of the unset- tled reaches of the West and South find hearty response from radio listeners. | M. Caldwell ends his excoriation of the | 1atest proposed radio legislation by sign- !ing himself “Yours in exasperation.” | Patience has at last broken its bounds — Twenty-four Nice Horned Toads. Not long ago, somewhere down in the horned-toad belt—perhaps it was Ala- bama, or it may have been Texas—a living horned toad was found imbedded in a courthouse corner stone. The butld- ing was being demolished for some pur- | pose or other, and when the stone was | cracked open this specimen, apparent- 1y none the worse for its sleep of thirty- one years, was discovered. The news of |this find aroused a very lively interest i i | | |in horned toads throughout the coun- | | try. Wherever a 200 is located with a horned toad on exhibition it was at | once visited by great numbers of peo- I ple eager to see this reptillan Rip Van Winkle. Philadelphia, however, has no horned toad in its zoo, and so many | inquiries were made for one that the | curator has for some time been scour- |ing the horned-toad country for speci- ' mens. Replies to his telegrams of in- quiry were at first disappointing. The | horned toads are now hibernating and are hard to find. But yesterday he re- ceived & wire from somewhere in Texas this effect: “Have two dozen nic horned toads; prepared to ship immedi- |ately.” They were accepted, and are { now probably on their way to Philadel- phia, where, i the old story about that city has any justification in fact, they can go 1 sleep for an indefinite lengtn of time. It remains to be seen just why {the word “nice” was used. It would swem that there are horned toads and horned toads. Perhaps these are es- | pecially sleepy specimens. S — A few months in prison represent a serlous sentence where ofl i con- | cerned. Buch an attitude s a reflec tion on the efforts to make prison life bie and homeilke — Benefit might be at kan could be tactor in world affalrs, S Shortening the Haul, sterday the first traln was run through the newly completed Moffat Tunnel cuts for six and wnths miles under the continental di- vide, fifty miles west of Denver, rked the completion of one of the rallroad engineering works in Although the ned if the “Bal- lminated as a crists” which Lwo- m this country's history wotuml operation of digging the tunnel | covered only fve years, e profect has 1 under way for & very much longer Wi Jate David 1. Moftat, form rmor of Colorado, epent iy ye on 1t and eacrificed Lis fortune of m i behadt of BL B his dream was Jongest ratliond 5 cort $18,000.000, e " Iy died, how- realized hore o the I shont e of which L s pow an i 1l part, the Colorsdn & Utsh Jtall by Vwenty-thiree midles, elmd all four per cent grades Gver he [ Vel didde wnd makes Ui wrade per it The [that sen through the Lunnel yesterday made I twelve trip that tormerly required buurs Fhits L wrcomplishment Justified Duvid n hetore 1hie ' b 1ud ates con muxi i two ‘ truin inues t re seven tully HMoftat's dream und sl Uhe expenditune | Vst bas been made o complete e wink Uutil oo Mttut hored Funnel b Berkslire County e five miles e ongest tube I Amer wes slered e Pupiniel wa 4, i Ll s than five & tuiiniel as a fund for legal expenses. Perhaps in the circumstances there will be no robberies mentioned are also attributed {to this same gang, which appears to 4 Ihts | L) trigues invoked in behalf of New York as a port it was never effective to that end. The successful completion of the MofIat Tunnel may be followed by other works in the interest of shortening the haul E: and West, The Denver & Rio Grande road is now considering a cut-off between Botsero and Orestod, a distance of forty-two miles, which would enable it to save 172 miles be- tween Deaver and Salt Lake Cit: These works are designed to lessen the cost of rail transportation. They are worth their expense. It is believed that the Moffat Tunnel will quickly pay for itself in reduced operation costs and also in the development of rich min- cral lands In the country adjacent to the western end of the tube, which heretofore have been relatively inacees- sibie. - “Big-Ears.” With the advent of the mechanical man and the device with an clectrical brain which transmits secret mes- sages, Baltimoreans no doubt were en- tirely prepared for the new traflic sig- nal which has made its appearance on the outskirts of the city. This new- ly invented contraption the con- ventional green and red lights, but dif- fers in cperation from the ordinary signal in that green shows constantly on the heavier traveled artery until the sound of a horn changes it to red when a motorist wishes to cross the thoroughfare. Microphones concealed within its interior are sensitive to the sound of a horn from the direction of cross-strect traflic, and instantly stop travel on the main artery While the new signal may prove of laid to the control of traflic, its pe- | culiar method of functioning gives rise to speculation. Will not motorists who become accustomed to honking at this mechanical policeman be unable to change their habits when they s proach a live one and get into trouble for blowing their horns in his ear to hurry him up for a change of traffic direction? Will not the children of the neighborhood in which the new signal is located bring out their toy automobiles that were received for Christmas, ensconce themselves com- fortably on the curb and blow thei¢ toy horns to make the pretty lights change? Will not playful motorists park near the scene of “Big-Ears,” as the me- chantcal officer has been affectionately dubbed, and hold up traffic for ex- tended periods on the main artery by blowing their horns at regular in- tervals? And will not a bit of confu- sion be created if one lone motorist on an unimportant street can simply with a push on the horn button stop all traffic on the main street? It seems as if all of these things | might conceivably happen with the {new traffic signal and yet there is no disposition to condemn them. Properly used, it will no doubt prove a boon to motorists who can summon great courage if they are honking at an inanimate object. Pe- destrians, other motorists, and live po- | { | | | | to a raucous blast of the siren, but ft cedure that enables a driver to honk away to his heart's content with a cer- tainty that he will be obeyed. Per- | haps at some future time all traffic sig- | nals and all automoblle drivers will be | mechanically operated, and the honk | | open up the traMic way and a soft word of protest from a pedestrian to the mechanical driver will stop the car. It is something to think about, anyway e e A favorite son has to be considered carefully in view of tMe possibility of his being regarded by various States only as a red-headed stepchild. .- As March, 1928, draws near there is at least no agitation concerning the snow plow as an adjunct of the pre dential band wagon, s - The Washington “lobbylst ways succeeded in remaining a startling figure than that portray the Washington novelist, i al- less d by SHOOT: - ING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOUNSON, Words and Musle, eryhody singin’ sweet, Bolo or quartet AlL the world you gladly greet When, for action set, In a most convinelng tone Art picks up the microphone, | B | | Everybody singin' fine Bame as all the birds But I ask you, friend of mine, Do you hear the words? They will often make you sigh As you we se Stand By | | ome 1 Matter of Principle. “Do yeu belleve in prohibition?" 1 swered Benator for . prghum. 1 only hope The Big Nolwe. He played the horn. And his attain- ments proud Bade plaudits start or he was In achievement much more loud Than simple Art | Jud Tunking says a “eard party” fs Lan effort to fmitate 1 a harmless wi | whit were once the terrible vices of the ‘Hmlr. Med, “Doctor tald me to put on ved -fannel nderclothes “What did you do? “Lorefused Fd rather vk than go iy baih ooking wnnrchlst wdvertisement | | | e un | to ik “He who Bstens to Mattery,” sald 1 Ho, the of Chtnutown, “learns nothing hie tiought for Bbmselt suge it hus not Hdeallzation ol My cundle 15 honest, good and G And very gencrous wnd kind 1 canti pwin anind 1 seldom wicet b 0 1 ke L g fram iy “en it iy hieen readin ment,” il rild Unele B A v hiat v bety’ you x:lnl)le an’ aiga yohi 1 Yol SURBURST \ (§ S—r - e — it because of | licemen are one thing when it comes | is certainly a safe and satisfylng pro- | of a horn by the mechanical man will | instantly | “I don't posttively belleve in 1L an- | Indiscriminate sneezing in public ve- hicles is @ custom which ought to be stopped. But how can it be done? What can you do with two-legged hogs who have no more manners than to spray the necks of fellow passengers with cold germs? One of these pests got on a bus the other day, evidently determined to di tribute as many million germs as po: sible in a given space of time. No sooner had an fnnocent person seated himself than this fellow gave three resounding sncezes one after the other. He did not Tower his head, nor did he use a_handkerehief. They never do! As if he were purposely aiming for the man’s head, he gave one mighty ker-chew! then another, then another. By this time strcams of spray could be scen flying around in the light up by the _driver. You know how coming n - sidev luminate it, ma Well, that was the way the light from the window struck that solid bank of mingled breath and moisture. The man whose neck deflected this stream thought he had borne it long enough, so abruptly rose from his seat and_went to the back of the bus There he awaited developments. * ok % passenger got in, sitting dowr at in front of the sprayer Scarce! d the vehicle gone a block, than the performance began again. ‘Three grand sneezes went all over the poor man's neck, s, hat. The spray eddied and whirled around him. Imaginative spectators could see col- umns of cold germs invading the new- comer’s nostrils, pouring into his ea down his throat, bivouacking on his face. on his lips. | Politeness to an unknown who cer- tainly did not. deserve it held this pas- | senger spellbound for three more bloc | while he pretended not to mind it He did mind it, however! One al- wavs does No sooner had the man behind let out another unmufMed whoop than the man sprang from his seat and sought refuge on the back seat. “He sneezed on me, first refugee. “He ought to be thrown out,” snorted the second. Then they settled down what would happen ¥ ‘We hope no one thinks this is manu- factured for the occasion. It is a true y. We know—we were on the baci seat, 0o, | By this time billions of cold germs { were eddying around in the bus. Th hung onto the straps and tried to get out the so-called ventilators, but since no air, fresh or otherwise, was ever known to penetrate one of these devices, the germs had no success, They were forced to find resting | places on noses, lips, hair, hats, clothes, handkerchiefs, ete. A woman got in. She saw the cant seat and promptly sat down. “Somebody ought to rn her,” sald the first man “You do it,” grinned the se Yes. surely it was some one’s duty to politely tap her on the shoulder and to say to her firmly. “Madam, that fellow behind you will sneeze on you." She, of course, in response to such an unwanted remark, no doubt would in- a ray of sunshine, on mist, will {l- it stand out? Another too,” sald the to watch ond BY FREDERIC “Big BUll" Thompson, who has just been the President’s White House guest for the second time this Winter— has given fresh fmpetus to the draft- | Coolidge movement. That project now # has fomenters in the country's two big- | gest centers of population—Charles D, Hilles in New York and Willlam Hale Thompson in Chicago. In the cultural center of the Republic—Boston—there | 15, of course, a loyal legion of Coolidge- ! drafters. Washington political gossip of the moment s distinguished by a re- vival of the story that when the gansas City convention is deadlocked. with neither Hoover nor Dawes. nor anybody else, able to get the 545 votes necessary to nominate, it will be stampeded nto nominating Coolid Then comes an angle to the story, which is not so old | The President will stand by his I-do- | not-choose decree and, in a message to | the convention which’is to make him | immortal, Calvin Coolidge will put away | the crown! * Women are learning to fly at Hoover Field, across the Potomac from Wash- ington. They are students at the Ber lner school of aviation there. One o) the latest to matriculate is Miss Warner, stster of Edward P. W Assistant Secretary of the D Acronauties nd himself a practical irman Miss Warner, who s her helor brother's oflicl hostess Washington, 15 a Vassar graduate. lieving that the time's coming when it'l s natural for a woman to drive her 1w ns it now 15 for her to ptlot n car, Miss Warner intends to meet the ne | Another flying undergraduate at Hoover Field 1s Mrs. Alvin E. Dodd, prominent young Washington soclety matron, one of Harvard's few alumnae, wife of United States Chamber of Commer ofticlal, W a daughter of A, Lincoln Filene, Boston merchant prince. PRI arne vy for Up I Pennsylvania they pinning high hopes on the result of the senatorfal Investigation now in progress in the bituminous conl fields, Sena- ors Wheeler (Montana), — Gooding (Idahor, Wagner (New York) and Pine (Oklahoma are taking their tusk serl- owsly, but conditions are ¢ b beyond mere deghilatiy remedy. Pennsylvintans recall that the ne situation was thoroughly investi- pated by President Hardings conl con missdon. The latter made an elaborate, padnstaking veport. Congress tgnored n 1 though Prestdent Coolidge re | peatedly urged certain action thereln recommended Trade and 0 dvaldes, the clsh of unlon und non- unton elements and other factors con- Hiute w serlos of almost superable dimeulties AL the bottom of it all, as the whole conl world knows, Is the fact (it there are fur too many mines and miners for the bituminous industry (o support PR 1 ownthonities are Matlonal educition much duterested e S Which College A new book by Rt B Halle, Wellesley 07 101 the st volume (o give pa - ents all the mtormation needed to mike prelimdnary cholee from the mont Sportant colleges in the United Bates The dnstintions with which Mis Halle deals wre tuken trom th credited Hts of the Avoctation of Amciican Untversities. “Which Cotlege " disci e enlighitentng terms “who shonld o college” nnd nome of (e e why and why ot boys or gl shou wplre toow colleglate carer. Therd T fack o fgare about coller, o universites hat parents of o | e undergraduates oughil W kinow whleh Mis lalle fatls to glve them How and tien somebody opines (i e s production of college graduate: Vs reaching (e polnt of sataraion and Tt “eurphs fegistation ke (il now I A for corn, ey hecome neces culture 1 ol vy for PR wha plan to Heat B Tate il the Welitons i et wren't golng o st (o [ ciements ke “Lindy” did They've g D to cany a mascot 10 vl b w [ eread tablet from the CGirand B | 1se 10 Ul tablet Wil b al tached G the fusclage of e glant s di which (e Nipponcae ahimen f ope 1o conguer e teriots of Uie Lans- The Lo dupiiese wiraen WASHINGTON OBS Betty | in| Be- v era mote than half way. | nstdered 1o | 1 BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. stantly “Why, of he won'ti" S0 no one warned the lady. All unsuspecting, she sat there, while the beetle-browed idiot, addicted o un- restricted sneezing, wound himself up for another fling. We all could_see it coming on. Not so much as by a quarter of an inch did he lower his head. Not so much as an elghth of an inch did he turn his head to right or left. He had a handkerchief in his coat pocket, but_he did not care to bring it out to'cateh his sneczes in. He seemed proud of sneezing on peo- ple. ‘This time he bestowed two extra rge sneczes on the unfortunate lady. We' wish we could relate that she got up, glared at the offender, and then told him just what she thought of him We wish she had told him what we all_thought of him She was a nice lady, however, and so simply sat there, inhaling somebody clse’s germs. “He onght gentleman. “They don’t allow spitting on public vehicles, why unmitigated ~sneczing?"” asked the other, Why, indeed * ok ‘There can be no possible doubt that carel nd impolite sneezing in pub- lie vel docs e thotsands of common “colds” every W Any one can instance in which the “catching a cold |through such indiscriminate sneezing was as_cerfain as the very trip down- town itself. The influence of the imagination” can have very little to do with it, but the fact of inhaling spray from another's lungs and mouth is a very real and, alas, much too common @ thing It would scem that at least a sneezer might lower his head and thus deflect his sneezes downward. There are times, of course, when even the bost intentioned person is caught nd hasn't time to get out his I kerchief Most_people, however, who are suf- fering from a cold are quite aware of the fact that the warmth of a public vehicle probably will induce them to sneeze. ‘The question is, then. Why won't they carry their handkerchief in their hand? A large handkerchief held in front of the face and immediately folded in- ward after the fits are over will pre- vent untold miilions of germs from be- g distributed It would appear to the thoughtful { person that sneezing downward a handkerchicf ought to be easy | for any one to do, but common obs | ance points to an intense difliculty {the part of many to indulge in these helpful actions. Since “bawling out” the pest will do little, if any, good, perhaps the only {remedy is o immediately leave one's seat and go as far forward or back- ward as space permits, In cases where ne standing- space 15 4 thing to do once and w reply, course to be arrested, ald one % % of cases other is available, to leave the vehicl or the next onc m seem heroie remedy, and doubt it is, but after all it is better be late to the office than to be laid in bed with a severe cold. Just im: telling the cl lerk, thoug you were late because some one lon you! | seat or Tt RVATIONS WILLLAM WILE. pov pacific passage the om any v encounter. On asumigaura acrodron cific plane {s being assembled, the Japa- nese aviators will do obefsance at the acred shrines at Ise. Priests will tu over to them the tablet which is bring them luck. Maj. Duty, U. § Air Force, Philippine” Scoufs. has been assigned to “guest | the Japane 1ts pu s to g pose I T jus with the United States Arm * W all over Amerfea will, jein in a nation-wide ¢ ation of the 1 hday of Jan A Delano, distinguished head o the American Red Cross Nursing Service prior to and during World W The sccond annual “Jane A. De week™ will begin March 5 and conclude March 12. It will be devoted to a cam- paign to enroll graduate nurses in the Ked Cross, for service in peace or war, and alio to acquaint girls in high schools and collcges with the advan tages of the nursing profession as reer. Miss Delano died in France 919, while on an inspection tour. Her whole life was spent n relieving distro Ma). Gen, Summerall, chief of staff of the' Army, will deliver the principal ad- dress at the Washington commemora- tion of “Delano day R tive A. Piatt Massachusetts, custodian- the Puller-for-Prestdent boom, recently enjoyed the untaue ex- perlence of having 500,000 coples one of his specehes ordered, printed and putd for. It concerned w theme dear to the soldier-Congressman’s heart— vevi- ston of the French war debt. A iving i Oklahoma read the speech in the Congressional Record. He' symy thized with Andrew’s argument, “Can | you send me half w millon copies?™ he wrote the Congressman. Andrew, after vecovering - conselousness, said - he'd be | klad to do so it the Oklahoman cared to flnance the transaction . printing bl of some $2.500, more or less, To Andrew stontshment, a certified check came wlong by the nest madl, the Gov | ernment Printing Office struck oft the yequired coples, and (e Oklahoman proceeded Lo distribute them brondeast throughout the country (Comieht 1028 ) .- N March 1 a ca- in » Represen publican, of n-chiel of Farl Maig, Servant Fram the 1 " ! The denth ot Earl Halg will occasion deep regret and a keen sense of doss throughout the empire Earl Halg be jonged to the whole emplie He was more than just dier of the Ol tand He led the tr of the em Pptre In battle, and his post-war serviee of president’ of the Britsh - Empire Service League stomped hime as a man who exsentiully belonged o the whold Mitsh - Commonwealth His sympa Wit embraced all it parts In these days of growing antipathy to war there may be ehination to hero warship, but the memory of Fanl Halg thetter vemembered as S Doug Tun Hadgy will always be admived and revered There was a dashand w color and o fine chilvalry abont this great cotmander of men He wis i noldier I the best and highest sese e W e to the b and hilghest itish mlitary tradition And he did apood deal o preseny e Bl Fmplie al oo cuitieal time cHuceeeding Hic dohin Prench oas com fiander eehiet of the Bt b Egpive forees In the Cient War, b leadership wnd iy emicieney evoked new coni dence Just when thal confidence wis ety needed Mo flled the ooy among them (hose rom Canada Hew splt and new dush Hin e B b mch o pave the way for Vi tory Fark Hahe wis o kindly man Inpresacd The oo I Franee pressed all Canadians on the ocen o af B Ve to this conntey tar e anmial convention of te W K e Herviee ooy, afew e ST T L} ol alway s il wosnecessiul nititary Teader commmanigds the wffection and e Pech whiteh were hestowed upon My Phe bomanity of e man was b chwon, i happily ||rnm-mnun-u|‘\| He w0 he 1o his greatiens wid WA faimo, s. | Andrew, Re- | ithzen | GLENN FRANK The value of the conservation move ment in America will be slight or sig- nificant, according to the meaning with which its promoters invest it. Real conservation is a singularly challenging movement that sinks its | roots in the whole of our social order. | It is something more than planting a few trees and protecting a few fish. 1t is something more than luring | harassed men out of stuffy offices into the healing atmosphere of lake and woods. $ 1t is something more than turning a state into a profitable playground for touris “These things are important—very im- portant —but they are incidental aspeets of real conservation. ‘0 do no more than to stimulate the doing of these things is a worthy ven- ture, for the spiritual by-products of | these incidental steps in conservation are too precious to lose. The man who builds a machine may | know only the craftsman’s satisfaction ver a job well done, but the man who its a tree becomes a partner with God in creative act, for we cannot build trees; we can only preside at the mys- tery of their growth A people that respects its out-of-doors and communes with it keeps contact with that eternally young spirit of na- ture which helps, as nothing clse can, to preserve in us the spirit of youth in that fight against age that we must wage from the hour of our birth, But, beyond all these things. the con- vrvation 'movement is a symbol of the ct that, as a people, we are in a twilight zone between the exploitation of the American continent and the en- | richment of an American culture, using the term “culture” in the broad sense of nul» whole fabric and feel of Amer- 1 Life. onservation means that we must * good the mistakes of the pioneer s content to take all he could out of his environment and then move on to fresh fields; the pioneer not only left us a heritage of denuded and dis- | orderly landscapes, but he left us the lazy willingness to tolerate them. We must substitute the psychology of conservation for the psychology of | conquest, for we still think with the mind of the pioneer in terms of the cash returns of a year instead of the | civilization of a century. We must substitute siable and sclen- tific agriculture for unintelligent rap- ing of the coil; we must substitute for- | for timber-sla : we must learn to_dress the I have deflowered We have by more than sales- | become statesmen of our a real conservation, and it a ceping reform of the mind as well as reforestation d ary Meel » Newspaper € Praise for the Season Oof W Edouard Albion | just concluded opera in this cit notable for | produced, for of the cast the prices performed he h ved. ashington Opera e indefatigable, two-week season ‘This season has be quality of the works very high character the reasonableness wlection of work v eschewed and threadbare ually served up to udiences. He ) given in this country He has given thi: city d “The from St The ren performances of high merit and freshn and the whole scason was most at s to qual: svery one of the pal roles was in ands of an of international fame, the ensem- bles were all of high mer and the chor recruited and in Washingion, w | vocs And all this ranging from $1 to § worthy fact that the $1 Sold out for practical season. This means th means we enabled of opera, id they of the opportuni sely what Mr. Alb 2 opera for the pe | at~ means. Compare the above scale of prices with the prices for the forthcom ing scason of Metropolitan Op Co. in which the lowest priced seat i to be $5 and the highest $10. This, of course, is opera for millionaires Mr bion has made, and is making. a courageous and determined fight for an idealopera for the people—and the ason just ¢ ed is his most ambitious and finest achievement toward that tdeal. The people of modera! means have glven ample evidence of thetr ap- preciation of his effort. It rematns for the people of larger means to come more generously to his support and muke this season a permanent annual “vent. As that support is forthcoming 10 larger measure the quality of produc- tion can by so much be improved. It 1s a most worthy and meritortous v dertaking and should win the cordial| support of the Washington public EDWARD ¢ POT e | A Plea for the Old Market on K 1 s 1 have been a sub reader The Star and now I come to you asking your valuable asst nee inoa matter Which affects the well being and com- fort of many eitfzens who live within | a distance of the K and ‘Twentv-first | street Market, which it is proposed to abalish in the near tuture Phe closing of satd market would be a hardship to hundreds who do thet trading there, most particularty to resi- dents in rartments all about it For vears I always went to the “Ave- | nue” market until within the past sev- eral yea W, by reason of necessity and comfort 1 depend mosty upon the dtention of merchants i Kostieet mar- t | 1 understand that Senator Capper is interesting himsell particulatly i this matter, wnd some of the Maryland Rep resentatives. thus helptug (e Marvland | farmers. The taxpavers hoptg | that the murket butlding be e patred and retatned MR HORACE - . e Qualiti Vi A Hungarian b concentration o play 108 che stmultancously He make a good watter at a busty Tineh has of n s 4 prem entire cople of mod to have atled them- And this is n is trying to le of moder- 1 | | . | i | { o For ber [ many and at ¥ constant | [ we will CUMMINGS velope From the San ¥iv | enongh games of onght to| men's | . The Tnvestigative Candidate. Wt Dot N The movement to put M Reed for ward as a Cvonstructive candidate Wt be an error s fob s ot Venthgnte what “constiuctive candidates Wie consticing ..y At | | Pavts, Fheaw " Can W New v e Mty of the new plavs have actans wn chntacters b (s way the man wers are sure of getting wetors who can | Wt el panis " - Value of Resteamt At Never hick i when he's down [ Ot Kk way B B G s sense Fandd vou wit b soney | [ From P One Kind That Daoes o I el Wil A shak bit Campen Hetbner Joans on salailes, the Ao shaik Vi Mayhe, 1t | to serve you | Evening a | was untouched by | while he was on tour BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. The resources of our free Information Bureau are at your service. You are in- vited to call upon it as often as you pleas It 15 being maintained solely What question can we answer for you? There i al postage. Address your letter to The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. How many foot ball players were | joribank killed in 1927?—W. G. A. In 1927, 17 foot ball players were killed in gridiron action, and over 100 were injured. as against 8 killed and 200 hurt in 1926, Q. What color combination is most popular for automobile license plates?— giv R. D. A. No single color motif can be said to | comma is said to indic whether by prefercnce or | enougn 1o count one, a sem prevail, but accident, two combinations tied for first | a colon t place in popularity, six States selecting | readers would vary in rapid a dark blue background with white let-| ing and coun ter numerals, and six selecting a green no charge at| =9 < 1l except 2 cents in stamps for return | day?—K. E. though the exact origin is not known. 1t i3 probably an abbreviation of cop- per, one who arrests or takes into cus- tody. | @ Was Gen. Pershing born on Fri- A. Gen. John J. Persnl September 13, 1860, In tha tember 13 feli on Thursday. the English name pronounced’—P. R. A. Marjoribanks is pronow elled “Marchban Q. How long a pause should | made for a period and for a comma? G. G. A. Time values for punctuation are en in the method of pointing know: rhetorical punctuation. Here a pause loi n twn ree and a period four. Sines of read 7 was b | Q How i ed as it 1 bz grammatical circy |ing to background with white letter numerals | usually followed Five States selected a white background with black letter numerals, four select- ed yellow and black. and four selected orange and black. The combination of orange and black, which was popular for many yeal on account of the claims of visibility made for it, has ap- parently suffered a sharp diminution in popularity, accor to the American Automobile Association. Q. Please describe the rabbit punch— D.W. R. A. Spalding on “Boxing” “The rabbit punch is a chop usually delivered with the right hand to the base of the skull or the back of the neck when the opposing boser is bent over in a clinch or when going down with a blow pre- viously delivered. It is unscientific, un- sightly and unsportsmanlike. It was barred in New York. under the Frawle but the present Athletic Comm to place it on the list of law, sion omitte foul blow Q. How many books are in the Vatican Library?—C. A. P. 5 A. Mgr. Enrico Benedetti, in a _recent address, said that there are 500,000 books and 60,000 manuscripts in_the Vatican Library. There are 100.000 volumes in the archives. These repre- sent 14 separate collections, each hav- ing its individual catalogue. Q. What are basic patents?— A. The term “basic patent ordinarily with much the ance as pioneer patent—that is to s having refere to a patent cc an invertion which repre: ed advance in some ari, as whel st time accom- have n a good many basic patents grant- ed, from first to last, but no pre enumeration is possible, inasmuch opinions vary, more or less, as to which patents are entitled to be so classed We note Eell's patent on the telephc 2d Howe's patent for the sewinz ma- chine employing an eve-vointed needie There are basic patents now in force for inventions relating to wireless, radio ctc., and other subjects. Q. What proportion of the world's supply of turpentine and rosin is con- tribu od States’—L. E. T A produces _ abou umes these This cov “prod alf the world e whi © ndus- How many holic? How abot A J on of the Irish Free 2802. Romar 509. Tho Ix n Ireland is 1.256.332 430.161. Irish Free Cathe Q. What caused the Natural Bridi in Virginia?> A. The Nat m erosi was left by the de wral Bridge was caused b atough a point or fis eam, thence and emp ing the a 1 nder a The channel formed was enlarged 1l the water of the stream was div m the stream bed below the po leav a bridge.” ne ing descendants of Abra- ow living five des v These the late Robert Edward Johnse and Mrs. Charles Isham of New York and three grandchildren, James and Mary Beckwith and L Q Why is a po “cop"?—J. P. C, A. Cop In reference to a poilce 1 dialect or English Lincoly Eddie Fov, As Beloved Clown. Ranked With than half a century as laugh lons of fellows gives who died at 71w his bs on, & unique place tn the nerie More maker to Eddie Foy dancing sh annals of the s 2 He lives in memories of a quatat ous clown, who proved he was a when cau: e tragie Troquots The- ater five a generatton ago “No, Eddie Foy is not dead Kansas City Journal. "I was a wu wearfed little human frame wh tumbled to the ground i Ka bearing the nan we 1 have hugged ourselves with jov in g The happy spirt within d become quenched auiy prank-playing. foy Edd ng stroke ich he A the which crumbled the house in w dwelt Bddie ves and always must home fn (b manity ea be empticd Y 1 eternal dwelling and never one moment would blitthesome Fov think of giving it up “Death came 0 the the words of the San Fra © Bull as perlaps he would have wished might come 10 between the turns w Alay we & (hat he greeted his visitor with a fig v amtle” And the Akron Beacon- nal tecalls his last appearance in Gt ity Memories! exclaimed the old star, as he shufled toward the door i the Palace Theater seene Was & patt of his last act here “Memo tlest The only beantiful ing hat no o can take away flom us 1 the Kriets and dbappomniments of e vopld not prevait (o 1ob Fddie Fov of otk of his memoties” netiher death deny this solace to his b frends they are now torced o thetr leave of him comedian can My 1 of take oting (he i e whote oy aftate; b have make and fow egrets Vuibune wdds, L Wodie with thase Kook fibute. e anay blacktuce danees Anown conntry Between him thete was alway comediats statement Wie By been a prety o cmplaniis the South ¥ 1 BIen (0 few wen thoushis i wid Bland Avsus offers the has chased blues many thowsands wiih sketehes. songs, acioba and comedy pant and wa Weveny nperiane nhe t Uhe vity and B adiences e weeard Aty Bvening Nows while AUl Atbol Datle News betiew the itience of the taughs e Created WL sivive, for e mast have Fariished (he Gl G0 ke many men overcome el ifenttes and weveases Wil contay seneratione ’?m- Chailette that ! 0 hiouet s | News weks | de ©. How many mem voted for the Volstead act?—W. A. The Volstead act was into Congress to provide a means enforcement of eighteentn ame: and to what constituted It was passed by nd 100 aga ut roll call. L H def 287 for Senate wit the 0 Q. before he as Ben Welch D. 3 How lonz w dicd?—P. A. This vaude comedian dled September 2, 1926. He lost his sight in 1921, but continued to give his monologue. sed for food now? song birds are st great a dainty as tf They until very fat. kept cd, pref- are usually ¢ erably in egg shel spiced and pt d. Q. What kind of s hats made of?—C. P. A. They are made of the young leaves of the stemless screw-pine of Central America. Q raw are panama How many troops have we in Nicaragua?—F. S, A. There are in Nicaragua at the ent time approximately 2500 Ma- ntral Ame . Two plane had been made—tr ing wheels were replaced by larger ones and another al £ was added to the nstrument board. Q How much automobile reads an a’ e for e does it cost to get an for export’—A. R. S :rage of $50 to box an automob! ed Co tage Leaders One W declares the Wory was e ) CSeventy Courant Ry Notandy Low Wi oy (e Aed comediay st and ments wpon wen and the M s histy W ¢ Wi R * woaA He [ wite s Be